potpourri
a mixture of dried petals of roses or other flowers with spices, kept in a jar for their fragrance.
a musical medley.
a collection of miscellaneous literary extracts.
any mixture, especially of unrelated objects, subjects, etc.
Origin of potpourri
1Other words for potpourri
Words Nearby potpourri
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use potpourri in a sentence
Research suggests that although there may be a genetic component, resilience is a function of a potpourri of factors, not a must-have gene, trait or cultural determinant.
Six ways to stay balanced during the climate crisis | Ariella Cook-Shonkoff, Neelu Tummala | April 7, 2021 | Washington PostThe team’s spark of insight came when they realized that after three weeks, the cells began to branch out into a potpourri of three different cell types found in early human embryos—something rarely seen before.
Scientists Created an Artificial Early Embryo From Human Skin Cells | Shelly Fan | March 23, 2021 | Singularity HubIf that seems a cultural potpourri, that would be the point.
Inside North America’s First Islamic Art Museum | Shinan Govani | September 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe thought he detected a pleasant smell of herbs, like the potpourri his mother had in bowls in their house.
Mr. Wicker's Window | Carley DawsonBetty knows how to make that potpourri that Lloyd's Grandmother Amanthis always kept in the rose-jars in the drawing-room.
The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor | Annie Fellows Johnston
It held garnered with loving faith the memories of another day, as a bowl of potpourri still holds the sun of long dead summers.
The Nest Builder | Beatrice Forbes-Robertson HaleThe opera is a grand potpourri of waltz and polka motives and fresh, bright melodies.
The Standard Light Operas | George UptonAnd the rose he married comes to him a shrivelled leaf of a potpourri heap.
The Amazing Marriage, Complete | George Meredith
British Dictionary definitions for potpourri
/ (ˌpəʊˈpʊərɪ) /
a collection of mixed flower petals dried and preserved in a pot to scent the air
a collection of unrelated or disparate items; miscellany
a medley of popular tunes
a stew of meat and vegetables
Origin of potpourri
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse